Selena Gomez takes on a new role as handbag designer

Singer Selena Gomez has debuted her first handbag designed with Coach. (Coach)

Clifford Pugh for Houston CultureMap

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Pop star Selena Gomez is debuting her first collaboration with accessories company Coach. It's the Selena Grace handbag named after the star and "the quality she most embodies," according to a press release.

Silly me. I thought it was a nod to the Hermes Kelly handbag, which is named for iconic actress and princess Grace Kelly. After all, Gomez played a princess-like character named Grace in the 2011 movie, Monte Carlo.

But while the Herms Kelly retails for upwards of five figures, the Coach Selena Grace costs $395, within the range of the Grand Prairie, Texas-raised singer's aspirational fans.